rhizomorph

American  

[rahy-zuh-mawrf] / ˈraɪ zəˌmɔrf /

noun

Mycology.

1. a cordlike fusion of hyphae that leads certain fungi across various substrates like a root through soil.

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rhizomorph British  

/ ˈraɪzəʊˌmɔːf /

noun

1. a rootlike structure of certain fungi, such as the honey fungus Armillaria mellea , consisting of a dense mass of hyphae

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Etymology

Origin of rhizomorph

First recorded in 1840–50; rhizo- + -morph

Example Sentences

But finding one water source or that root ball can be misleading; a rhizomorph may continue on to a second moisture source.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2023

To the right the fructifications have been traced by dissection to the rhizomorph strands which produced them.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

Further outward the wood was yellow, with white patches scattered in the yellow matrix, and, again, the rhizomorph strands were seen running in all directions through the mass.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various